When is maldives sinking. While some say that this issue is a hoax a report in october 2018 of the intergovernmental panel on climate change has confirmed that kiribati the maldives tuvalu and marshall islands are about to sink. The maldives is an island nation in the indian ocean comprised of 1200 coral islands in 26 atolls over a 35000 sq. The highest point in the country is only two feet above sea level and 80 of the countrys land is less than three feet below sea level.
The reason the maldives is sinking is due to climate change causing rising sea levels at rates that coral growth cannot keep up with. Thus it is time to act and not speculate. Although indonesia was left devastated the maldives was also badly affected after the disaster devoured two thirds of the indian ocean archipelago including the extinction of 20 pristine islands.
New zealand researchers published a study earlier this year based on aerial photos and satellite images of pacific islands over the last four decades that found most atolls they examined were increasing in size. The maldives is the lowest or flattest nation in the world with an average ground level elevation of a whopping 4 feet and 11 inches and a peak elevation of 7 feet 10 inches. The republic of maldives is sinking.
However other research suggests the maldives and other coral islands may actually be expanding not sinking into the sea. Some argues the impact of beach erosion is the result of humans civilisation people alter natural formation of land by making ports jetties for access. This may be the best indication that sea level is rising and maldives is slowly sinking.
Today maldives desperately advocates the need to curb global warming as they know that their fate now lies in the hands of other nations. However other research suggest the maldives and other coral islands may actually be expanding not sinking into the sea.
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